ABSTRACT

Multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are a ubiquitous tool used in college classrooms, yet most instructors admit that they are not prepared to maximize the question's benefits. Learning and Assessing with Multiple-Choice Questions in College Classrooms is a comprehensive resource designed to enable instructors and their students to enhance student learning through the use of MCQs. Including chapters on writing questions, assessment, leveraging technology, and much more, this book will help instructors increase the benefits of a question type that is incredibly useful as both a learning and assessment tool in an education system seeking ways to improve student outcomes.

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chapter 1|14 pages

Introduction

part Section I|28 pages

Writing Multiple-Choice Questions

chapter 2|13 pages

The Basic Multiple-Choice Question

chapter 3|12 pages

Variations and Elaborations

part Section II|39 pages

Assessing with Multiple-Choice Questions

chapter 4|12 pages

Test Blueprints

chapter 6|11 pages

Improving Your Tests

part Section III|26 pages

MCQs and Leveraging Technology

chapter 7|4 pages

Online Assessment Using MCQs

chapter 8|6 pages

Scaling Up

chapter 9|8 pages

The Power of Immediate Feedback

chapter 10|6 pages

Technology in the Classroom

part Section IV|24 pages

Teaching and Learning through Multiple-Choice Questions

chapter 11|8 pages

Before the Test

chapter 12|7 pages

How to Get Students to Think During a Test

chapter 13|6 pages

After the Test